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Landscapes That Look Like Circuit Boards

Parks reflect the aesthetics of their times, so it should come as no surprise that pleasant public spaces look like your PC motherboard. Photographer Hosang Park has taken a series of overhead shots showing the high-tech layout of Korean gardens. I love how carefully these parks have been laid out, as if each feature might…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 27

Panelfly iPhone Comicbook Reader Is Crying for the Apple Tablet

Panelfly is one of those applications that, while it’s nice on the iPhone, it’s begging for the Apple tablet. It’s a comic book reader—and a great one at that—but comic books pages are made to be seen complete. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-the-wet-dream-concept-5336204 And big, of course. At least the ten inches of the fabled Apple tablet. Until then,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 27

First Look At The Vampire Slap Fights From The Traveling Freak Show

Can these zoomy undead kids perk your vampire fetish? The first clip from the traveling-freak-circus film The Vampire’s Assistant, with a bearded Salma Hayek and John C. Reily as vampire ringleader, pins teen vamp against vamp, with hot streak-effect action. Movie Trailers – Movies Blog The film follows a boy, turned half-vampire at the hands…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 27

How To Build a Wood-Fired Pizza Oven In Your Backyard

I have dreams about installing a full-on backyard kitchen complete with a wood-fired pizza oven. Alas, those dreams have yet to come true. However, I have never thought about actually building one myself. Fortunately, Mike Wilkie has. As you can see in the photo, this Pompeii oven is no quick and dirty temporary solution. It’s…

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 27

Half Dome Screen Wraps Games and Movies Around You

Ha, this looks awesome. This half dome projector screen is big enough for two people to sit in front of, and isn’t just a damn prototype—the California company behind it actually has them for sale. The dome screen measures 3 by 6 feet, and uses a special 18-inch mirror to reflect the image from your…

Tech News Danny Allen Aug 27

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

8-bit jazz, Twitter books, and bacon in a can – satisfy your inner geek with the week’s best from Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: We go topless with the Maserati GranCabrio, keep the course tidy and our cigars safe with the multi-purpose DivPro, and get our lulz 140 characters at a time with Twitter Wit.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 27

Robotic Fish Swims Like the Real Thing

MIT’s latest robotic fish may not look like much on land, but once it gets in the water, it swims just like the real thing. And it could be an ideal tool for underwater exploration. Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo Valdivia Y Alvarado, mechanical engineers at MIT, have developed a foot-long mechanical fish that uses a…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 27

CD Drive Rocks Baby to Sleep

A baby. An old optical disk drive. A piece of string. A few lines of Linux script. Combine these disparate components to see something both magical and absurdly lazy take place. [via technabob]

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 27

Sony a500, a550 Love Low-Light and HDR; Full-Frame a850 Goes Cheap

The rest of Sony’s DSLR refresh—the more expensive part—is here, and it’s slight. Their midrange A5x0s get new, low-light-happy Exmor sensors and automatic HDR shooting. The full-frame a850 is almost exactly like the a900, but nearly $1000 cheaper. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-new-entry-level-dslrs-officially-announced-again-5259502 The a500 and a550, only differentiated by their 14.2 and 12.3-megapixel sensors and the 550’s slightly…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 27

District 9 Sequel Already In The Dark, Oppressive Pipeline?

We’ve seen rumors here and there about a District 9 sequel, but this interview with the new champion of thought-provoking alien splatter films, Neill Blomkamp, actually makes some promises. Check out the plot possibilities. Spoilers for the first film below. In an interview with scifimoviepage Blomkamp agreed that he would love to make a sequel…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 27

What Is This?

About 30% of our new hires walk into the kitchen knowing exactly what this is. One of our investors took a trip to Amsterdam, well, just because. And he met these guys, Storz und Bickel, who happened to engineer the world’s best “herbal” vaporizer, the Volcano. And while testing it out, he thought that it…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Aug 27

I Wouldn’t Mind Living In These Letter Buildings

I don’t like gimmicky typefaces but—in the case of Chris Labrooy—I can make an exception. He designed three architectural typeface landscapes based on the work of three of his design heroes. His classic typeface buildings are great too: Of the three designers—Frank Gehry, Ettore Sottsass and Toyo Ito—my favorite is Toyo. However, my absolute favorites…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 27

A Twirling Timeline of Fictional Time Travel

If all time travelers existed in the same timeline, it might look something like this infographic, which outlines which time traveler arrived in which year, how they got there, and what time travel paradoxes could arise. David McCandless created this visualization as part of his upcoming book of chart porn, The Visual Miscellaneum. Here, he…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 27

Portwell’s Tiny PC Is About the Size of Texas…Toast

Portwell’s WEBS-1010 might not look like much, but it’s a functional PC that will fit in your pocket and play back HD content. And it’s priced under $500. Measuring just 4x4x1 inches, the fanless, XP-based system operates in complete silence. Storage is managed through MicroSD (though a 2.5-inch bay awaits modders), while a 1.6GHz Atom…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 27

Nokia N900 Maemo Is a Phone, Makes the N97 Look Silly

There’s been a lot of talk about the N900 Maemo “tablet”, especially about how it looks suspiciously like a phone. And even if Nokia (inexplicably) plays it down in their now-official announcement, that’s exactly what it is: an amazing-looking handset. https://gizmodo.com/has-nokia-fallen-out-of-lust-with-symbian-5345962 Beyond that Maemo Linux OS we’ve been begging Nokia to bring to phones for…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 27

Review: Niveus Zone Pro One-Ups The Zone

The Niveus Zone was good, bringing an HD HTPC to your living room in a compact box, but the Zone Pro is three times the speed of the old one. And it shows. https://gizmodo.com/see-you-then-niveus-zone-living-room-computer-full-hig-5193674 Here are the specs: 1080p, Blu-ray drive, HDMI 1.3, eSATA, Core 2 Duo, Gigabit Ethernet and a $2000 price tag. It…

Reviews Jason Chen Aug 27

Fight Pics From Nolan’s Inception, Plus Secrets Of Iron Man 2’s Whip-Wielding Menace

Today’s spoilers may actually rock too much: DiCaprio channels Bale in Nolan’s Inception. More details on Iron Man 2‘s Whiplash armor, and another Megan Fox poster. Dollhouse’s weirdest plot yet. Plus 2012, Lost, Fringe, V, Supernatural, Smallville and True Blood. Inception: We’ve already shown you some set photos of Leonardo DiCaprio looking troubled on the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 27

Altec Lansing iMT800, MX6021 Are Industrial-Chic, Kinda Expensive

Another month, another two Things That Make Sound from Altec Lansing: one for iPods; one for PCs. Meet the iMT800, a fairly literal, iPod-infused take on a 1980s-style boombox, and the MX6021, a speaker set apparently made from motorcycle parts. Both products are attractive in their own way, but stumble over the same minor detail.…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 27

Chocolate Mouse Is No Chocolate Mousse, Sadly

Unlike the Chocolate Keyboard, the USB Chocolate Mouse is an actual mouse. How stupid is that? Very. [MegaGadgets via Random Good Stuff] https://gizmodo.com/white-chocolate-keyboard-most-definitely-melts-in-your-5165561

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 27

10 Meat Structures That Require Engineering Degrees to Build and a Death Wish to Eat

You’re probably familiar with This is Why You’re Fat. In honor of Taste Test, co-author Jessica Amason has generously shared some gems of meat-related architecture from the blog and from their upcoming book. Good lord, this stuff is gross. Taste Test is our weeklong tribute to the leaps that occur when technology meets cuisine, spanning…

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 27

Landscapes That Look Like Circuit Boards

Panelfly iPhone Comicbook Reader Is Crying for the Apple Tablet

First Look At The Vampire Slap Fights From The Traveling Freak Show

How To Build a Wood-Fired Pizza Oven In Your Backyard

Half Dome Screen Wraps Games and Movies Around You

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Robotic Fish Swims Like the Real Thing

CD Drive Rocks Baby to Sleep

Sony a500, a550 Love Low-Light and HDR; Full-Frame a850 Goes Cheap

District 9 Sequel Already In The Dark, Oppressive Pipeline?

What Is This?

I Wouldn’t Mind Living In These Letter Buildings

A Twirling Timeline of Fictional Time Travel

Portwell’s Tiny PC Is About the Size of Texas…Toast

Nokia N900 Maemo Is a Phone, Makes the N97 Look Silly

Review: Niveus Zone Pro One-Ups The Zone

Fight Pics From Nolan’s Inception, Plus Secrets Of Iron Man 2’s Whip-Wielding Menace

Altec Lansing iMT800, MX6021 Are Industrial-Chic, Kinda Expensive

Chocolate Mouse Is No Chocolate Mousse, Sadly

10 Meat Structures That Require Engineering Degrees to Build and a Death Wish to Eat

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